Great Grammy Blunders

February 5, 2013 |Aidin Vaziri, SFGate.com

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Herbie Hancock wins Album of the Year (2008): Amy Winehouse and Kanye West may have made the albums of their lives, but the Record Academy thought the Album of the Year belonged to jazz pianist Herbie Hancock's middling late career tribute to Joni Mitchell, River: The Joni Letters. Maybe it helped having hip, young guest vocalists like Tina Turner, Leonard Cohen and Norah Jones?

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Herbie Hancock wins Album of the Year (2008): Amy Winehouse and Kanye West may have made the albums of their lives, but the Record Academy thought the Album of the Year belonged to jazz pianist Herbie Hancock's middling late career tribute to Joni Mitchell, River: The Joni Letters. Maybe it helped having hip, young guest vocalists like Tina Turner, Leonard Cohen and Norah Jones?